>>>> regardless whether the corresponding page exists or not.
>>>> --[[David_Riebenbauer]]
->>>>> Sorry, I'll try to be clearer: `autoindex` hard-codes that the [[index]] page
+>>>>> Sorry, I'll try to be clearer: `autoindex` hard-codes that the index page
>>>>> of the entire wiki is the one responsible for storing the page state. That
>>>>> page isn't responsible for the creation of the tag page, it's just an
>>>>> arbitrary page that's (more or less) guaranteed to exist. --[[smcv]]
by writing to the RCS as the page's contents can change depending on which
other pages claim it as an alias. --[[chrysn]]
-I agree with [[chrysn]]. In fact, is there any good reason that the core tag plugin doesn't do this? The current usability is horrible, to the point that I have gone 2.5 years with Ikiwiki and haven't yet started using tags. -- [[Eric|http://wiki.pdxhub.org/people/eric]]
+I agree with [[chrysn]]. In fact, is there any good reason that the core tag
+plugin doesn't do this? The current usability is horrible, to the point that
+I have gone 2.5 years with Ikiwiki and haven't yet started using tags.
+--[Eric](http://wiki.pdxhub.org/people/eric)
+
+> See [[todo/transient_pages]] for progress on this. --[[smcv]]
[[!tag done]]